A high speed chase ended on Interstate 75 north at mile marker 23 in Liberty Township with three people being taken into custody. Police said the pursuit began after an alleged theft at Northgate Mall Saturday.

ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER TRIES TO FLEE. AND TONIGHT..... WE HEAR HIS CALL FOR BACKUP. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE..... AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M COURTIS FULLER. THREE SUSPECTS LED POLICE ON A 35-MINUTE..... HIGH-SPEED CHASE.... FROM COLERAIN TOWNSHIP .... TO LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S TAMMY MUTASA IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.... WITH THE VERY LATEST. TAMMY. COURTIS, I SPOKE WITH THE OFFICER OFF CAMERA HE SAID HE'S DOING FINE AND JUST WENT BACK TO DOING WHAT HE LOVES BEING AN OFFICER. BUT IT ALL STARTED AFTER THAT OFFICER TRIED TO STOP TWO WOMENAND A MAN WHO PLICE SAY....HIT UP SEVERAL STORES AT NORTHGATE MALL. (TAKE MINI PKG) (POLICE RADIO) ("They're going Northboundand they just struck me with a car!") YOU CAN HEAR THE OFFICER OVER THE POLICE RADIO WHEN JUST AFTER HE GOT HIT. (POLICE RADIO) ("It was a jeep grand Cherokee they were involved in a theft at Northgate Mall.") (CLIP C0001) (SOT/ SGT. JOE REDMOND/ COLERAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT) ("If you're willing to hit a police officer who else are you willing to hit to get away.") POLICE DESCRIBE IT AS A BRAZEN ATTEMPTED GETAWAY- (CLIP C001) (SOT/ SGT. JOE REDMOND/ COLERAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT) ("That's the criminals we deal with, they'll do just about anything, especially when you think they're running over a police officer.") INVESTIGATORS SAY AFTER SHOPLIFTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF CLOTHES AND BATH MERCHENDISE- PAULA HARRINGTON RAN OVER A COLERAIN POLICE OFFICERS FOOT-THEN TOOK OFF. IN A JEEP CHEROKEE-TWO OTHER PASSENGERS-ROBERT DILLARD AND TASHA GARNER. THE TRIO LED POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE ALL OVER THE RONALD REAGAN HIGHWAY AND 75 NORTH. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS FINALLY STOPPED AFTER THEY USED STOP STICKS TO FLATTENED THE JEEP CHEROKEE'S TIRES. (CLIP C001) (SOT/ SGT. JOE REDMOND/ COLERAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT) ("Even at one point near the end they swerved at another officer laying out stop sticks which we've had several officers hit doing that in the last several years so it was for us, dangerous as well.") POLICE SAY THE CHARGES INCLUDE FELONY ASSAULT ON THE OFFICER ...FOR RUNNING OVER HIS FOOT... PLUS FELONY THEFT AND FLEEING. COURTIS.